This week, Ralph’s has strawberries on sale for only 99 cents a box, so Panda got some for his mom. We had a box and tonight, Panda and I attempted to make chocolate-dipped strawberries. We were optimistic, but soon found ourselves with an unmanageable mess. This is how it all went down…
We had the chocolate -
- we had the strawberries.
The strawberries got washed...
...and the chocolate got melted.
Then the strawberries got dipped.
Even with lots of swirling, the chocolate wouldn't quite stick right.
We had to resort to using chopsticks when it started to get harder.
The very first one! Not too shabby... right?
Mmm, looking good!
Oh no, what happened? It's getting all dried up now.
We give up and decide to try microwaving.
Panda wanted to try salvaging what apparently was burnt chocolate by adding water. Didn't quite work out as we wanted.
Giving up on the milk chocolate, we decide to start using the white chocolate.
Somehow managed to mess this up too... I swear everything went wrong after we started to accidentally get some water in the bowl.
One last chance to try to make it right. Going back to how we did it originally.
The chocolate solidifies quickly when it comes in contact with the cool, moist strawberry, so Panda ended up working on them with his fingers.
And to think, we wanted to dip those pineapples too... Next time, I'm getting fondue chocolate!
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May 11, 2010 12:49 am
Adding water was exactly the wrong thing to do! Microwaving is fine, but don’t keep the chocolate over constant heat. Next time, add some heavy cream, that should help w/ the texture. Also, make sure to dry the strawberries before dipping!
May 11, 2010 12:09 pm
Haha, now I know… well, I think we’ll take a break for now and attempt again in a few weeks. Thanks for the tips! 🙂
May 19, 2010 9:48 am
The kitchen is no place for a woman.